A trio of Danish architects has won a competition to design Denmark's first new-build architecture school, a sprawling campus on the outskirts of Aarhus.
Adept, Vargo Nielsen Palle and Rolvung og Brøndsted Arkitekter are working with engineers Tri-Consult and Steensen Varming on the design for the Aarhus School of Architecture.
Billed as the "first newly built architecture school in Denmark", the campus will feature a set of dedicated workshops, studios and outdoor spaces.

The 13,000-square-metre campus will form part of the Godsbanearealerne development in a former industrial area of the city and will allow the Aarhus School of Architecture to move out of its outdated premises in Nørreport, its "temporary" home for the last 50 years. The team ? which beat stiff competition from rivals including BIG, SANAA and Lacaton & Vassal ? see the school as a "laboratory for architecture" and some of the buildings will be dedicated to inviting the public to get involved with the programme.

"When given the right tools and opportunity, people engage their surroundings. Godsbanearealerne already proves this by inviting the local community into an experimental campus," said Brian Vargo, Jonas Snedevind Nielsen, and Mathias Palle.
"The school should not just be an institution for architecture ? it should continue this open laboratory, sharing its tools and programs with the public to create opportunities for the informal ...